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SCCM 2012 R2 Step by Step Installation Guide

SCCM 2012 R2 – Step by Step Installation Guide

The following guide will take you through the installation of SCCM 2012 R2 with a simple Primary Server approach and with the SQL server located on the same device. It assumes that no earlier version of SCCM is installed in the Active Directory domain it is being installed into.

Before installing SCCM 2012 R2 you will need to run through some prep work to get the Active Directory configured and extended, along with some application and role/feature installs

Prepare Active Directory for Configuration Manager

Create the System Management Container in AD

Connect to a domain controller and load ADSI Edit. Under the System OU create a new Object.

Choose Container and click Next.

Enter the name System Management and click Next.

Complete the wizard and close ADSIEdit.

Delegate control to the SCCM site server to the newly created container in AD Users and Computers. Create a custom task to delegate and choose ‘This folder, existing objects in this folder and creation of new objects in this folder’

Check all Permission boxes and complete the wizard

Extend the Schema

From the SCCM 2012 media copy the \SMSSetup\Bin\x64\ folder to a Domain Controller holding the Schema Master Role. Ensure the account used is a member of the Schema Admins group in AD. Right click the Extadsch.exe and choose ‘Run as Administrator ‘.

A log file ‘ExtADSch.log’ will be generated on the root of the C: Drive. Check for the entry ‘Successfully extended the Active Directory schema.’

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I am planning to work out a project regarding SCCM 2012 R2. I just want to know your inputs with my plans given my current scenario. So here it is: Our company has an Head Office with more than 50 employees and we have more than 400 branches located in different places (in a single country only) with ONE employees every branches. I am planning to roll-out SCCM to provide configurations, deployments, application/software patches and upgrades, and OS upgrades remotely to those endpoint clients located in our branches from the head office. I know that, it will not be cost-effective if I’m gonna implement distri point from different locations so I tried to find a more suitable plan for my case. I found out that Azure can be used as “cloud-based distribution point”. So I’m gonna try this in a test environment if this can fit with my scenario. However, I would still love to hear comments/suggestions/recommendations from an expert like you. What do you think could be the best solution for my scenario?

It’s not an easy decision to make. Bear in mind that cloud based DP’s are limited in functionality to an on-prem DP. They don’t support Windows Updates for example so you won’t be able to patch the devices that connect to these DP’s.

i have issue . I install sql server on the Domain controller and SCCM server on an other pc which is join with domain. but it say setup is unable to connect to the SQL server
and also what will be the FQDN name of SQL server
Means W2k12-1 is the domain controller and SQL server
and W2k12-2 is the SCCM server
please help

hi problem which im facing is first i test sccm on my laptop in home and it work ok. now in my workplace server i on adk and start installing features by it is very very slow 4 hours and 1% complete . it is installing winPE … but on my home laptop this feature is installed is there a way i can transfer it to my usb and then past to work place server .

hello, i m getting problem when i go for client push means( configure client installation setting )every check is hide out and it says applied to windows operating system only , you can download client for additional operating systems from microsoft download centre

We recently installed SCCM 1606 on new hardware but we have existing SCCM 2012 on different hardware(server with different name). I would to bring the existing SCCM to new installed SCCM 1606 .
Please guide me where and how to start without distributing the production or users.

I am installing an offline SCCM 2012R2 with SQL 2014 SP1, server has no internet connectivity. I mounted the ISO on the server and copy the files to the local drive. I downloaded the SCCM updates from another online 2012R2 server. Additionally, I added the prereqcore.dll and the setupcore.dll hotfix updated files to support SQL 2014 SP1. The error I am receiving is “Invalid prerequisite component path specified” soon after the installation begins. The log states ” Error: Wrong manifest version $$. This error is not after selecting to use previously downloaded files, it happens at the end, after I click Begin Installation. Any ideas?

There are 59 files for the SCCM updates in the internet connected server, and I moved all 59 to the disconnected server. First time I downloaded them from a Win10 PC, and now I tried it from a 2012R2 server.

hi , if i have configured SCCM server but in some way. if my sccm server crashes and if i install it newly . then i should have to change my site code or any thing in My Domain . can is choose previous site code and new installation of SCCM server in the same domain make any duplication in the domain???

You need to backup your site server either via Maintenance Task or SQL backup and then you can restore. The server you restore to must have the same hostname and you will use the same site code when you restore. The disk configuration should match the original site server. If you are not restoring then you need to create a new site server, I would recommend not using the same site code however if you remove entries in the System Management container that relate to the old site then you should be OK. I can’t see why you should bother using same site code though. Just create a new one then you know for sure that you won’t have issues doing this.

i installed sccm in the past but my server crashed . now i am installing it again but active directory is Same.does it make any conflict with my Active directory? i have changed with site code any other suggestion ?

Hi
I am trying to reconfigure system center to work with remote sql server .. I opened the ports (tcp 4022, tcp 1433, udp 1434, tcp 445, tcp 135, tcp 139, tcp 5003 and tcp 5008) but I get this error ERROR: Site server does not have admin rights on remote sql server machine. Both computers work in our domain .. When I check the domain security log for audit failures I see this
An operation was attempted on a privileged object.

Requested Operation:
Desired Access: 16777216
Privileges: SeSecurityPrivilege
It seems that the system center works with local service .. how can we change it to work with domain account ?
Best regards

Do you have any guideline or best practice in setting up a separate SCCM Primary Site (ex. DEF) isolating from the existing SCCM Site (ex.ABC). Will adding a new SCCM Primary Site Primary Site to the existing System Management Container in ADSI caused any issue with the existing environment?

Nope you can do this without issue. The main thing to remember is not to have boundaries set for automatic site assignment in your sites and therefore to install the client using the SMSSITECODE= parameter and not use auto

Hello , i want to do fresh SCCM implementation for 1000 clients, as i will have only 1 primary site server & 4 distribution point so is it enough for 1000 clients..?
How many license are required for 1000 clients..
SQL needs different physical server or we can install it on same sccm server..?
i wanted to know the whole installation procedure of primary site server, DP, sql installation etc..